SEATTLE (Mar. 10) - Chaminade star Chris Reaves outscored Alaska Anchorage counterpart Kemmy Burgess by 20 points and the Silverswords led nearly wire-to-wire to win the opening game of the 2006 NCAA Div. II West Regional, 84-67, at Royal Brougham Pavilion on Friday.

The 6th-seeded Seawolves (19-12) were led by 12 points apiece from Burgess and forward Joe Davis, but couldn't overcome a 13-point halftime deficit. Reaves scored 32 points on 12-of-19 shooting (5-8 3FG, 3-3 FT), and the Silverswords (19-8) got double-doubles from point guard Zack Whiting (11 pts, 12 assists) and reserve center Marko Kolaric (14 pts, 14 rebounds).

No. 3 seed CU, the Pacific West Conference champion from Honolulu, trailed only briefly, at 3-2 when Burgess nailed UAA's first field goal two minutes into the game. The Silverswords then rallied with a 16-2 burst, keyed by Reaves, who had 19 points in the first half.

UAA sliced its deficit to 24-19 when Eric Draper (8 pts) hit back-to-back three-pointers, but CU responded again and took a 39-26 into the locker room.

The Seawolves seemed determined to get back into it after the break, scoring nine straight points in the first four minutes. When Burgess hit two straight jumpers, the Seawolves trailed 44-39 with 15:28 to play, but UAA's first-team all-conference and second-team all-region guard was held scoreless the rest of the way. Burgess, the Great Northwest Athletic Conference's leading scorer at 21.4 ppg, shot just 5 of 12 (2-6 3FG) and had his streak of nine straight games scoring 20 or more snapped.

Meanwhile, Reaves couldn't miss, drilling shots on drives and from long range, including a 30-foot three-pointer late in the second half that sealed UAA's fate.

The Seawolves, the second-leading three-point shooting team in D-II, made 10 of 22 from long range, but couldn't get the rolls on the short stuff, missing at least five wide-open layups and making just 15 of 39 (38 percent) inside the arc. UAA finishes with a .446 team three-point percentage, missing out on the national lead by .001 to Grand Canyon.

UAA's scoring output was its fourth-lowest of the season and the first time since November that it failed to score at least 70 points. Friday's game also marked only the second double-digit loss for the Seawolves against a D-II opponent in 2005-06.

The Seawolves, who advanced as far as the 1988 NCAA D-II title game, have now lost their last five NCAA games, with their last victory occurring in 1993. Friday's game was the NCAA debut for second-year Seawolf head coach Rusty Osborne.

Chaminade, which is playing in its first-ever NCAA Tournament, advances to meet the winner of Friday's second quarterfinal between 2nd-seeded Western Washington and 7th-seeded Humboldt State at 5 p.m. PST Saturday.